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<p>We talk about things of interest to Mac OS X Developers at ADHOC, and that<br />
covers a lot of ground.</p>
<p>Some sessions are going to be about projects which use specific Mac OS X<br />
technologies, or talk about the technologies themselves. This bring to mind<br />
names such as Cocoa, Quartz, and Carbon.</p>
<p>Other sessions will cover subjects that are likely to be found running on<br />
other operating systems. To name only a few, we're thinking about PHP,<br />
Perl, Tcl, Apache, zeroconf, Rendezvous, and so on. The actual list of<br />
possibilities is quite long.</p>
<p>Hey, if something works on either Mac OS X or Darwin, the underlying open<br />
source operating system upon which Mac OS X is based, then ADHOC attendees<br />
are interested in how it works, how to program for it, or how to program<br />
with it.</p>
<p>We're also interested in related tools and technologies, like smart phones,<br />
new languages, amazing achievements, and working in multiple platform<br />
environments.</p>
<p>At no other time in the Mac's history has there been such a large selection<br />
of useful, working, robust tools that we can use to make dynamite<br />
solutions. There is a tremendous need to share with others how they all<br />
work.</p>
<p>That's what we do at ADHOC.</p>
<p>Session Speakers Desired!</p>
<p>ADHOC is a conference run by developers for developers, where you<br />
absolutely have to bring your own fun. So talk to us, we want you to show<br />
up and participate.</p>
<p>AdHoc needs speakers to lead sessions that discuss all this stuff, from<br />
innovations in BSD, where Darwin has its roots, to how to make OpenGL do<br />
amazing things. Four major revisions of Mac OS X have been released, with<br />
more to come, so there's plenty to talk about. There's probably going to be<br />
a great deal of interest in what you have to say about programming, running<br />
a business, working the press,...</p>
<p>This is how we set you up to do a session. First, send us an email at<br />
<a href="mailto:sessions@adhocconf.com">sessions@adhocconf.com</a>. This first email should tell us who you are, where<br />
we can contact you, and provide a brief description of more or less what<br />
you want to tackle in a session. We will exchange emails enough to get you<br />
on the right track, and then we'll add your idea to the list and bug you<br />
about it a few weeks later after you've had some time to percolate on the<br />
idea. Then, send us a session title, a concise description about the<br />
session and a short description describing who you are and what you're<br />
about. After that, work on your project and your presentation, so when the<br />
conference rolls around, you'll be able to talk (or, well, gush) for an<br />
hour on your stuff. We provide some A/V assistance so that people can see<br />
what's on your screen while you talk.</p>
<p>ADHOC attendees mostly (not exclusively) are: Mac developers; students<br />
working hard to become developers; programmers working on other platforms<br />
and have more than a passing interest in knowing what's going on on the<br />
Macintosh; or aren't professional programmers but have a strong desire and<br />
the drive to understand how it all works.</p>
<p>We like sessions that talk about what you personally built that can run on<br />
Darwin or Mac OS X. An example of that would be is, oh, "This is How I Got<br />
Graphics Printing to Work." We also like sessions which survey a<br />
programming endeavor like "Exception Handling in Objective C" or "the<br />
GNUStep Status Report". Something loftier might be "The Salient Differences<br />
between Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X Kernels." Sessions on programming<br />
handhelds have been scheduled during each of the last few years. We also<br />
need people to lead sessions targeted for student attendees. Also, students<br />
can and do present sessions.</p>
<p>ADHOC is not about marketing, so session presentations need to be technical<br />
and not presented as a marketing vehicle.</p>
<p>Your presentation does not have to be a highly polished and practiced<br />
production number.</p>
<p>Session authors do pay the conference registration fee, but get a $100<br />
discount.</p>
<p>We're anxious to see what kinda stuff you got! Let us know as soon as<br />
possible at <a href="mailto:sessions@adhocconf.com">sessions@adhocconf.com</a> if you're thinking about doing a session.</p>
<p>By the way, you may also want to consider doing a paper. It's more work,<br />
but if you get your paper accepted you don't have to pay the conference<br />
registration fee, but you do have to 1) write a paper, and 2) do a session<br />
about your paper. The deadline for papers is a lot earlier than the<br />
deadline for sessions, note.</p>
<p>The conference will take place July 21-24, 2004, in Dearborn, Michigan.<br />
More information is available on the Web fromhttp://www.adhocconf.com/.</p>
<p>For attendees, discounted registration is available for early action. Full<br />
attendees can register for $425 online (before 02/28/04), a savings of $100<br />
off the regular registration rate. Students can register for $50 which<br />
includes access to the entire conference as well as a special meal package.<br />
Total attendance is limited to 400. Student attendance is limited to 50.<br />
More details are available on the conference website.</p>
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